2018 RoPS season
The 2018 season is RoPS's 6th Veikkausliiga season since their promotion back to the top flight in 2012.
2018 season | |||
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Chairman | Risto Niva | ||
Manager | Toni Koskela | ||
Stadium | Keskuskenttä | ||
Veikkausliiga | 2nd | ||
Finnish Cup | Sixth Round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Lassi Lappalainen (8) All: Lassi Lappalainen (11) | ||
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Squad
- As of 9 August 2018
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Transfers
Winter
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Summer
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Competitions
Veikkausliiga
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | HJK (C) | 33 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 61 | 19 | +42 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
2 | RoPS | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2] |
3 | KuPS | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 58 | |
4 | Honka | 33 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 58 | |
5 | Ilves | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 49 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off
(Note: Play-off is only played if need to decide champion, teams for relegation or UEFA competition and will be played on a neutral ground).
(C) Champion.
Notes:
- HJK qualified for the Champions League first qualifying round
- Inter Turku qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017-18 Finnish Cup
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 62 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | +5 |
Last updated: 27 October 2018.
Source: See results
Results by matchday
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Results
8 April 2018 1 | RoPS | 2 – 0 | IFK Mariehamn | Rovaniemi |
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Lingman 53' S.Roiha 80' |
Report | J.Mattsson 88' | Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 1,809 Referee: Atte Jussila |
14 April 2018 2 | VPS | 0 – 1 | RoPS | Vaasa |
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Voutilainen 57' I.Gueye 74' E.Ciss 79' |
Report | Lappalainen 24' | Stadium: Hietalahti Stadium Attendance: 1,918 Referee: Mikko Leino |
18 April 2018 3 | KuPS | 0 – 1 | RoPS | Kuopio |
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | U.Nissilä 81' | Report | Hyvärinen 90+4' | Stadium: Kuopio Football Stadium Attendance: 3,123 Referee: Ville Nevalainen |
22 April 2018 4 | RoPS | 3 – 0 | PS Kemi | Rovaniemi |
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Lappalainen 20' Ivanovski 38' Agnaldo 56' |
Report | Tano 40' V.Shevchenko 54' |
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,922 Referee: Mikko Leino |
25 April 2018 5 | RoPS | 2 – 0 | Lahti | Rovaniemi |
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Agnaldo 12' Kuaté 79' Reguero 90+1' Lappalainen 90+3' |
Report | Osipov 24' | Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 1,721 Referee: Marko Grönholm |
28 April 2018 6 | TPS | 0 – 0 | RoPS | Turku |
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) | M.Tenho 45+1' | Report | Stadium: Veritas Stadion Attendance: 3,009 Referee: Jari Järvinen |
3 May 2018 7 | RoPS | 1 – 2 | Honka | Rovaniemi |
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Okkonen 20' Kuaté 41' Lappalainen 44' |
Report | Kandji 76' Rahimi 90+2' |
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 1,973 Referee: Mohammad Al Emara |
7 May 2018 8 | Ilves | 1 – 0 | RoPS | Tampere |
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Onduku 25' Rannankari 46' Tamminen 74' T.Siira 90+1' |
Report | L.Järvenpää 82' Taiwo 90+1' Lingman 90+9' |
Stadium: Tammelan Stadion Attendance: 3,190 Referee: Ville Nevalainen |
13 May 2018 9 | RoPS | 2 – 0 | KuPS | Rovaniemi |
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | M.Pitkänen 26' (o.g.) Muinonen 89' Ivanovski 90+5' |
Report | M.Töyräs 27' Karjalainen 30' Gabriel 39' 58' Toivomäki 46' Rexhepi 52' Purje 87' Matulevičius 90+7' |
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,934 Referee: Jari Järvinen |
18 May 2018 10 | Lahti | 0 – 0 | RoPS | Lahti |
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Report | Stadium: Lahti Stadium Attendance: 2,133 Referee: Antti Munukka |
26 May 2018 11 | Inter Turku | 3 – 3 | RoPS | Turku |
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Kuningas 33' Furuholm 50', 78' T.Varmanen 61' |
Report | Ivanovski 13', 18' J.Hämäläinen 32' Väisänen 58' Kuaté 83' 88' Lingman 90+3' |
Stadium: Veritas Stadion Attendance: 1,914 Referee: Mattias Gestranius |
1 June 2018 12 | RoPS | 1 – 2 | HJK | Rovaniemi |
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | L.Järvenpää 90+3' | Report | Klauss 52', 88' | Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 4,013 Referee: Ville Nevalainen |
12 June 2018 13 | RoPS | 1 – 0 | VPS | Rovaniemi |
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Geffrard 84' Okkonen 90+5' |
Report | Meerits 90+6' | Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,111 Referee: Atte Jussila |
16 June 2018 14 | IFK Mariehamn | 1 – 3 | RoPS | Mariehamn |
19:15 EEST (UTC+3) | Kangaskolkka 2' Tatomirović 67' Maripuu 90+3' |
Report | Kuaté 25' 34' Heikkilä 67' Lingman 85' |
Stadium: Wiklöf Holding Arena Attendance: 1,795 Referee: Mattias Gestranius |
21 June 2018 15 | PS Kemi | 0 – 1 | RoPS | Kemi |
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Vidjeskog 81' | Report | Okkonen 4' Ivanovski 53' 71' Hämäläinen 83' |
Stadium: Sauvosaaren Urheilupuisto Attendance: 3,650 Referee: Petri Viljanen |
26 June 2018 16 | RoPS | 0 – 0 | TPS | Rovaniemi |
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Roiha 64' Heikkilä 88' Lingman 90+3' |
Report | Rähmönen 61' Ahde 73' |
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,822 Referee: Jani Laaksonen |
30 June 2018 17 | Honka | 2 – 2 | RoPS | Tapiola |
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Kandji 16', 84' Hervás 76' |
Report | Taiwo 23' Ivanovski 40' Roiha 45+1' |
Stadium: Tapiolan Urheilupuisto Attendance: 1,632 Referee: Mikko Leino |
4 July 2018 18 | RoPS | 2 – 0 | Ilves | Rovaniemi |
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Okkonen 23' Hämäläinen 57' Kokko 67' Tanska 79' (o.g.) Lingman 88' (pen.) |
Report | Tanska 87' | Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,850 Referee: Mattias Gestranius |
9 July 2018 19 | SJK | 2 – 1 | RoPS | Seinäjoki |
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Mero 42' Bååth 63' Laaksonen 72' |
Report | Agnaldo 87' Lingman 90+4' |
Stadium: OmaSP Stadion Attendance: 2,814 Referee: Ville Nevalainen |
21 July 2018 20 | RoPS | 1 – 0 | SJK | Rovaniemi |
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Hämäläinen 59' Roiha 64' 65' |
Report | Hurme 34' Klinga 68' |
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,439 Referee: Joni Hyytiä |
26 July 2018 21 | RoPS | 0 – 1 | Inter Turku | Rovaniemi |
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Report | Kamy 82' 85' | Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 3,315 Referee: Kalle Mäkinen |
4 August 2018 22 | HJK | 2 – 2 | RoPS | Helsinki |
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Annan 14' Dahlström 45' Obilor 47' Klauss 88' |
Report | Taiwo 54' Hambo 81' |
Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 3,012 Referee: Jari Järvinen |
12 August 2018 23 | RoPS | 1 – 0 | IFK Mariehamn | Rovaniemi |
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Hambo 86' | Report | Kojola 49' Kangaskolkka 49' Maripuu 88' |
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,392 Referee: Atte Jussila |
20 August 2018 24 | Lahti | 1 – 2 | RoPS | Lahti |
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Vyatkin 58' Osipov 75' Hauhia 79' |
Report | Roiha 25' Zeneli 68' Gorozia 90+2' |
Stadium: Lahti Stadium Attendance: 1,615 Referee: Petri Viljanen |
25 August 2018 25 | Inter Turku | 0 – 0 | RoPS | Turku |
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Guevara 19' Furuholm 90+2' |
Report | Stadium: Veritas Stadion Attendance: 1,680 Referee: Dennis Antamo |
31 August 2018 26 | RoPS | 2 – 1 | Honka | Rovaniemi |
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Gorozia 23' 90+5' Hambo 26' 90+3' 90+8' |
Report | Rahimi 52' Kaufmann 89' |
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,879 Referee: Mikko Leino |
14 September 2018 27 | PS Kemi | 0 – 2 | RoPS | Kemi |
17:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Kaljumäe 16' Heinolainen 65' |
Report | Zeneli 8' Lappalainen 71' |
Stadium: Sauvosaaren Urheilupuisto Attendance: 2,248 Referee: Ville Nevalainen |
17 September 2018 28 | RoPS | 1 – 1 | KuPS | Rovaniemi |
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Agnaldo 42' Lappalainen 75' |
Report | Karjalainen 72' | Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,916 Referee: Mohammad Al Emara |
21 September 2018 29 | HJK | 3 – 0 | RoPS | Helsinki |
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Pirinen 28' Klauss 30' Vertainen 56', 90+1' Jalasto 73' Patronen 87' Riski 87' |
Report | Lingman 74' Geffrard 90' |
Stadium: Telia 5G -areena Attendance: 4,021 Referee: Atte Jussila |
30 September 2018 30 | RoPS | 0 – 1 | SJK | Rovaniemi |
18:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Kokko 85' | Report | Hetemaj 12' Oliynyk 19' 26' Klinga 64' Hatakka 69' Hurme 82' Opiyo 90' |
Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,024 Referee: Jari Järvinen |
6 October 2018 31 | TPS | 1 – 2 | RoPS | Turku |
16:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Ääritalo 42' Yateke 52' |
Report | Holma 7' (o.g.) | Stadium: Veritas Stadion Attendance: 2,721 Referee: Dennis Antamo |
21 October 2018 32 | VPS | 1 – 2 | RoPS | Vaasa |
14:30 EEST (UTC+3) | Voutilainen 26' Vahtera 71' David 90+3' |
Report | Agnaldo 60' (pen.) Taiwo 81' Lappalainen 89' |
Stadium: Hietalahti Stadium Attendance: 1,134 Referee: Joni Hyytiä |
27 October 2018 33 | RoPS | 1 – 0 | Ilves | Rovaniemi |
15:00 EEST (UTC+3) | Lappalainen 44' Zeneli 83' |
Report | Tomas 90+2' | Stadium: Rovaniemen keskuskenttä Attendance: 2,875 Referee: Antti Munukka |
Finnish Cup
Sixth Round
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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KuPS | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 15 |
AC Oulu | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 10 |
RoPS | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 |
AC Kajaani | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 6 |
PS Kemi | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 |
MuSa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 1 |
27 January 2018 1 | Musan Salama | 0 – 6 | RoPS | Pori |
16:30 EET (UTC+2) | J.Välilä 38' R.Dieter 69' S.Mäkelä 86' |
Report | Lingman 5' S.Roiha 36', 39', 62' M.Caliman 66', 82' |
Stadium: Karhuhalli Referee: Petri Viljanen |
2 February 2018 2 | RoPS | 1 – 2 | PS Kemi | Kemi |
18:30 EET (UTC+2) | Lappalainen 81' | Report | Tano 56' A.Isomäki 78' K.Heinolainen 90+4' |
Stadium: Junkohalli Referee: Antti Leo |
9 February 2018 3 | RoPS | 1 – 1 | AC Oulu | Oulu |
17:30 EET (UTC+2) | Agnaldo 39' Okkonen 78' Lingman 83' |
Report | L.Nurmos 5' Soto 56' K.Koljonen 71' A.Alvarado 72' |
Stadium: Heinäpään urheilukeskus Referee: Jani Laaksonen |
17 February 2018 4 | RoPS | 4 – 2 | AC Kajaani | Rovaniemi |
13:00 EET (UTC+2) | Agnaldo 2' Geffrard 22' 44' Lappalainen 29', 60' |
Report | A.Nuutinen 4' Ramírez 24' 74' R.Kahelin 73' |
Stadium: Ounashalli Referee: Oskari Hämäläinen |
Squad statistics
- As of Match played 27 October 2018
Appearances and goals
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | |||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
3 | DF | Taye Taiwo | 33 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
4 | MF | Antti Okkonen | 34 | 1 | 20+9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||
5 | DF | Jems Geffrard | 24 | 1 | 9+11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||
6 | MF | Juho Hyvärinen | 21 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | |||||
7 | MF | Giorgi Gorozia | 13 | 1 | 7+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
8 | MF | Erfan Zeneli | 11 | 2 | 10+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
9 | FW | Vahid Hambo | 10 | 3 | 7+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
10 | MF | Lucas Lingman | 37 | 6 | 30+2 | 5 | 3+2 | 1 | |||||
11 | MF | Agnaldo | 25 | 5 | 18+3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||||
12 | GK | Juhani Kangas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
13 | DF | Lassi Järvenpää | 31 | 1 | 23+4 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | |||||
14 | MF | Eetu Muinonen | 27 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | |||||
15 | DF | Leo Väisänen | 29 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
17 | FW | Sampo Ala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
18 | MF | Veka Pyyny | 10 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
19 | FW | Jarkko Luiro | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
20 | FW | Simo Roiha | 32 | 7 | 16+11 | 4 | 4+1 | 3 | |||||
22 | MF | Rasmus Degerman | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
24 | FW | Lassi Lappalainen | 31 | 11 | 25+1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||||
25 | GK | Antonio Reguero | 37 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
26 | DF | Fugo Segawa | 11 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | |||||
47 | DF | Juuso Hämäläinen | 29 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |||||
87 | FW | Aleksandr Kokko | 8 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Players away from the club on loan: | |||||||||||||
Players who left RoPS during the season: | |||||||||||||
7 | MF | Matheus Caliman | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 2 | |||||
8 | MF | Wato Kuaté | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
9 | FW | Filip Ivanovski | 16 | 6 | 13+3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||
21 | MF | Aapo Heikkilä | 20 | 1 | 9+7 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |
Goal scorers
Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Total |
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1 | FW | 24 | Lassi Lappalainen | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
FW | 20 | Simo Roiha | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
3 | FW | 9 | Filip Ivanovski | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
MF | 10 | Lucas Lingman | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
5 | MF | 11 | Agnaldo | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
6 | FW | 9 | Vahid Hambo | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
8 | MF | 8 | Erfan Zeneli | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
MF | 7 | Matheus Caliman | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
10 | MF | 6 | Juho Hyvärinen | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
DF | 13 | Lassi Järvenpää | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 4 | Antti Okkonen | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 8 | Wato Kuaté | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 21 | Aapo Heikkilä | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
DF | 3 | Taye Taiwo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 7 | Giorgi Gorozia | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
FW | 87 | Aleksandr Kokko | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
DF | 5 | Jems Geffrard | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
TOTALS | 42 | 12 | 54 |
Disciplinary record
Number | Nation | Position | Name | Veikkausliiga | Finnish Cup | Total | |||||||
3 | DF | Taye Taiwo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
4 | MF | Antti Okkonen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
5 | DF | Jems Geffrard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
6 | MF | Juho Hyvärinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
7 | MF | Giorgi Gorozia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
8 | MF | Erfan Zeneli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
9 | FW | Vahid Hambo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
10 | MF | Lucas Lingman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
11 | MF | Agnaldo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
13 | DF | Lassi Järvenpää | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
14 | MF | Eetu Muinonen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
15 | DF | Leo Väisänen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
20 | FW | Simo Roiha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
25 | GK | Antonio Reguero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
47 | DF | Juuso Hämäläinen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
87 | FW | Aleksandr Kokko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
Players who left RoPS during the season: | |||||||||||||
8 | MF | Wato Kuaté | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||
9 | FW | Filip Ivanovski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
21 | MF | Aapo Heikkilä | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
TOTALS | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 3 |
References
- "RoPS:lle keskikenttämies Moldesta - Moraes loppukauden lainalla Napapiirille". rops.fi (in Finnish). RoPS. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- "Georgialainen Giorgi Gorozia vahvistamaan RoPS:n keskikenttää". rops.fi (in Finnish). RoPS. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- "Erfan Zeneli vahvistaa loppukauden Rovaniemen Palloseuraa". rops.fi (in Finnish). RoPS. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- "Hyökkääjä Vahid Hambo siirtyy Rovaniemen Palloseuraan". rops.fi (in Finnish). RoPS. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- "Aleksandr Kokko palaa Rovaniemen Palloseuraan". rops.fi (in Finnish). RoPS. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.